Drake cut off mid-speech as he tells aspiring musicians ‘you don’t need this’ while accepting Grammy Award
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After weeks of speculation over whether he would attend the 2019 Grammys, Drake showed up at the last moment.
The 32-year-old Canadian rapper made a surprise appearance to accept his award for Best Rap Song, and launched into a passionate acceptance speech.
But halfway through his microphone was muted, after he told aspiring musicians ‘you don’t need this’.
Shameful treatment: Drake, 32, was announced as the winner for Best Rap Song and launched into his acceptance speech, but he was cut off before finishing
The singer had clearly been primed to appear for his awardm walking out from under the stage the moment his name was announced.
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‘We play in an opinion-based sport, not a factual-based sport,’ Drake said while accepting the award.
‘The point is, you’ve already won if you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you’re a hero in your hometown,’ he continued.
Ready and willing: The singer and rapper was primed to appear for his award because he ran out from under the stage to collect the trophy
The Hotline Bling artist seemed to be lightly shading the Grammys by implying that he didn’t need their validation.
‘Look, if there’s people who have regular jobs who are coming out in the rain and snow, spending money to buy tickets to your shows, you don’t need this right here. You already won,’ he added.
There was more, but Drake’s microphone was cut off at that point, both within the Staples Center and on the broadcast. It cut to commercial shortly afterward.
Already a winner: ‘The point is, you’ve already won if you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you’re a hero in your hometown,’ Drake said
Doesn’t need them: Drake seemed to be lightly shading the Grammys by implying that he didn’t need their validation
Drake’s presence at the awards was seen as a major coup for the Grammys, although he did not perform.
Other notable figures, including Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande and Childish Gambino’s Donald Glover, all decided to sit out the ceremony.
Drake is nominated for Album of the Year and Record of the Year, two the major categories.
Earlier in the evening he lost out to Childish Gambino’s This Is America for Song of the Year. He also lost Best Rap Performance to a tie between Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Future for King’s Dead and James Blake/Anderson .Paak for Bubblin’.
Grammy Award winners 2019
RECORD OF THE YEAR
This Is America – Childish Gambino – WINNER
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves – WINNER
SONG OF THE YEAR
This Is America – Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino) – WINNER
Best New Artist
Dua Lipa – WINNER
Pop Field
Best Pop Solo Performance
Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?) – Lady Gaga – WINNER
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Shallow – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – WINNER
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
My Way – Willie Nelson – WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album
Sweetener – Ariana Grande – WINNER
Best Dance Recording
Electricity – Silk City and Dua Lipa Feat. Diplo and Mark Ronson – WINNER
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Woman Worldwide – Justice – WINNER
Country Field
Best Country Solo Performance
Butterflies — Kacey Musgraves – WINNER
Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
Tequila – Dan + Shay – WINNER
Best Country Song
Space Cowboy – Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves,songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) – WINNER
Best Country Album
Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves – WINNER
ALTERNATIVE FIELD
Best Alternative Music Album
Colors – Beck – WINNER
R&B FIELD
Best R&B Performance
Best Part – H.E.R. Feat. Daniel Caesar – WINNER
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand – Leon Bridges – WINNER – TIE
How Deep Is Your Love – PJ Morton Featuring Yebba – WINNER – TIE
Best R&B Song
Boo’d Up – Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai & DijonMcFarlane, songwriters (Ella Mai) – WINNER
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Everything Is Love – The Carters – WINNER
Best R&B Album
H.E.R. – H.E.R. – WINNER
Contemporary Instrumental Field
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Steve Gadd Band — Steve Gadd Band – WINNER
Rock Field
Best Rock Performance
When Bad Does Good – Chris Cornell – WINNER
Best Metal Performance
Electric Messiah – High On Fire – WINNER
Best Rock Song
Masseduction – Jack Antonoff & Annie Clark, songwriters (St. Vincent) – WINNER
Best Rock Album
From The Fires – Greta Van Fleet – WINNER
Reggae Field
Best Reggae Album
44/876 – Sting & Shaggy – WINNER
Children’s Field
Best Children’s Album
All The Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats – WINNER
Latin Field
Best Latin Pop Album
Sincera – Claudia Brant – WINNER
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
Aztlán – Zoé – WINNER
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
¡México Por Siempre! – Luis Miguel – WINNER
Best Tropical Latin Album
Anniversary – Spanish Harlem Orchestra – WINNER
Comedy Field
Best Comedy Album
Equanimity & The Bird Revelation – Dave Chappelle – WINNER
Musical Theater Field
Best Musical Theater Album
The Band’s Visit – Etai Benson, Adam Kantor, Katrina Lenk & Ari’elStachel, principal soloists; Dean Sharenow & DavidYazbek, producers; David Yazbek, composer & lyricist(Original Broadway Cast) – WINNER
MUSIC VIDEO/FILM FIELD
Best Music Video
This Is America — Childish Gambino – WINNER
Best Music Film
Quincy — Quincy Jones
SURROUND SOUND FIELD
Best Immersive Audio Album
“Eye in The Sky – 35th Anniversary Edition” — Alan Parsons, surround mix engineer; Dave Donnelly, PJ Olsson & Alan Parsons, surround mastering engineers; Alan Parsons, surround producer (The Alan Parsons Project) – WINNER
HISTORICAL FIELD
Best Historical Album
“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris” — William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven LanceLedbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) – WINNER
PRODUCTION, CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Classical
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra) – WINNER
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh – WINNER
Notes Field
Best Album Notes
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by WIlliam Ferris – David Evans, album notes writer (Various Artists) – WINNER
RAP FIELD
Best Rap Performance
King’s Dead – Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future & James Blake – WINNER
Best Rap/Sung Performance
This Is America – Childish Gambino – WINNER
Best Rap Song
God’s Plan – Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, RonLaTour, Matthew Samuels & Noah Shebib, songwriters (Drake) – WINNER
Best Rap Album
Invasion Of Privacy – Cardi B – WINNER
New Age Field
Best New Age Album
Opium Moon – Opium Moon – WINNER
Jazz Field
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Don’t Fence Me In – John Daversa, soloist – WINNER
Best Jazz Vocal Album
The Window – Cécile McLorin Salvant – WINNER
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Emanon – The Wayne Shorter Quartet – WINNER
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom – John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists – WINNER
Best Latin Jazz Album
Back To The Sunset – Dafnis Prieto Big Band – WINNER
Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Field
Best Gospel Performance/Song
Never Alone – Tori Kelly Featuring Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin & Victoria Kelly, Songwriters – WINNER
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
You Say – Lauren Daigle; Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram & Paul Mabury, songwriters – WINNER
Best Gospel Album
Hiding Place – Tori Kelly – WINNER
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Look Up Child – Lauren Daigle – WINNER
Best Roots Gospel Album
Unexpected – Jason Crabb – WINNER
American Roots Music Field
Best American Roots Performance
The Joke – Brandi Carlile – WINNER
Best American Roots Song
The Joke – Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) – WINNER
Best Americana Album
By The Way, I Forgive You – Brandi Carlile – WINNER
Best Traditional Blues Album
The Blues Is Alive and Well — Buddy Guy – WINNER
Best Bluegrass Album
The Travelin’ McCourys” — The Travelin’ McCourys – WINNER
Best Contemporary Blues Album
“Please Don’t Be Dead” — Fantastic Negrito – WINNER
Best Folk Album
All Ashore — Punch Brothers – WINNER
Best Regional Roots Music Album
“No ‘Ane’i” — Kalani Pe’a – WINNER
Spoken Word Field
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Faith – A Journey For All – Jimmy Carter – WINNER
Music For Visual Media Field
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
The Greatest Showman – (Various Artists) – WINNER
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Black Panther Ludwig Göransson, composer – WINNER
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Shallow – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper) – WINNER
Composing/Arranging Field
Best Instrumental Composition
Blut und Boden (Blood and Soil) -Terence Blanchard, composer (Terence Blanchard) – WINNER
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Stars and Stripes Forever – John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Big Band Featuring DACA Artists) – WINNER
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
Spiderman Theme – Randy Waldman, arranger (Randy Waldman Featuring Take 6 & Chris Potter) – WINNER
Package Field
Best Recording Package
Masseducation – Willo Perron, art director (St. Vincent) – WINNER
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic – Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic, art directors (“Weird Al” Yankovic) – WINNER
PRODUCTION, NON-CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:
“Colors” — Julian Burg, Serban Ghenea, David “Elevator” Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Greg Kurstin, Florian Lagatta, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco, Jesse Shatkin, Darrell Thorp & Cassidy Turbin, engineers; Chris Bellman, Tom Coyne,Emily Lazar & Randy Merrill, mastering engineers (Beck) – WINNER
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
Boi-1da
Larry Klein
Linda Perry
Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
Best Remixed Recording
“Walking Away (Mura Masa Remix)” — Alex Crossan, remixer (Haim) – WINNER
CLASSICAL FIELD
Best Orchestral Performance
“Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11” — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra) – WINNER
Best Opera Recording
“Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs” — Michael Christie, conductor; Sasha Cooke, Jessica E. Jones, Edwards Parks, Garrett Sorenson & Wei Wu; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra) – WINNER
Best Choral Performance
“McLoskey: Zealot Canticles” — Donald Nally, conductor (Doris Hall-Gulati, Rebecca Harris, Arlen Hlusko, Lorenzo Raval & Mandy Wolman; The Crossing) – WINNER
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Anderson, Laurie: Landfall” — Laurie Anderson & Kronos – WINNER
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — James Ehnes; Ludovic Morlot, conductor (Seattle Symphony) – WINNER
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
“Songs of Orpheus – Monteverdi, Caccini, D’India & Landi” — Karim Sulayman; Jeannette Sorrell, conductor; Apollo’s Fire, ensembles – WINNER
Best Classical Compendium
“Fuchs: Piano Concerto ‘Spiritualist’; Poems of Life; Glacier; Rush” — JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Tim Handley, producer – WINNER
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Kernis: Violin Concerto” — Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (James Ehnes, Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony) – WINNER
World Music Field
Best World Music Album
Freedom – Soweto Gospel Choir – WINNER
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